NOTE: The Shell in the Item's Picture is Used for Background Purposes Only and is Not Included. Brand New, Never Used Silver Hawaiian Vertical Pendant. 100% .925 Solid Sterling Silver (Not Plated, Not Bonded, Not Filled). Design: Traditional Hawaiian Maile with Plumeria Flower; Cutout, Raised Design, Combined Flat and Barrel...
NOTE: The Shell in the Item's Picture is Used for Background Purposes Only and is Not Included. Brand New, Never Used Silver Hawaiian Vertical Pendant. 100% .925 Solid Sterling Silver (Not Plated, Not Bonded, Not Filled). Design: Traditional Hawaiian Maile with Plumeria Flower; Cutout, Raised Design, Combined Flat and Barrel (Domed) Silver Wire Bar, High Detailed Hand-Engraved Design, Combined Scalloped (Cutout) and Smooth Border Edges, High Polish Finish, Two Separate Double-Layer Solid Cores; Measures: Approx. 12mm Wide (Just Under 1/2" Wide) X 1 1/2" Long incl. Fixed Bail, 4.5mm Wide X 5.5mm Long Fixed Bail Opening; Weight: Approx. 6.0 grams, Heavy 2.4mm Combined Thick Solid Cores. Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Mai nā kūpuna mai" Means "Traditional", "Miki`oi" Means "Skilled Detailed Craftsmanship", "Ho`ohiluhilu" Means "Elegant", “Mālamalama” Means “Radiant”, "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", and "Punono" Means "Gorgeous", All of Which Describe This Design Exactly! This Beautiful Hand-Engraved Silver Pendant is Crafted With a High Polish Finish Background. This Labor-Intensive Design Features a Combined, Vertical-Flat Silver Wire and a Vertical-Barrel Silver Wire Bar Shape. This Vertical Pendant is Created by Attaching The Two Separate Vertical Bars Into One Combined Design. This Overall Double-Layer Design Features the Maile Mai nā kūpuna mai a me Pua Melia (Traditional Hawaiian Maile with Plumeria Flower) Pattern. The Lower, Wider Flat Wire Bar is Crafted in a Smooth, High Polish Finish. The Upper, Narrower Barrel (Domed) Wire Bar Displays the Hand-Engraved Strand of Maile (Hawaiian Fragrant Leaves) Pattern Before Attaching to the Lower Bar to Create a Gorgeous Raised Design. The Maile Leaf's Blades are Textured With a Hand-Engraved Midrib (Main Central Vein) and Side Veins (Lateral Veins) to Enhance the Detailing. Adorning the Top of the Maile Strand is a Single, Hand-Engraved Pua Meia (Hawaiian Plumeria, aka Frangipani) Flower. The Center Portion of the Flower is Slightly Raised With a Contoured (Cut-Down) Middle and Hand-Cut Detailed With Several Parallel Lines Radiating Outwards Into Each Flower Petal to Replicate Life-like Petal Texturing to Further Beautify the Details. The Overall Upper Bar's Plumeria Flower Design is Created Within Scalloped (Cutout) Top, Bottom and Side Border Edges to Accentuate the Overall Appearance. The Split-V Bail is Fixed Onto the Top of the Pendant. The Reverse Side is Crafted in a Plain, Smooth High Polish Finish. A Gorgeous and Detailed Design! A Very Nice Traditional Design that Represents the Paradise of Hawai`i with the Essence of the Aloha Spirit. About Hawaiian Maile: Maile is the twining vine, Alyxia olivaeformis, native to Hawai`i. This endemic Hawaiian plant, with its glossy-shine, deep-green color and highly fragrant leaves, is listed as a member of the Apocynacea family and features plants like periwinkle, oleander and plumeria. While maile appears vine-like, the majority of its 'relatives' are shrubs or trees. The name comes from Alyxia for chain and oliviformis meaning resembling olive. Coincidentally enough, a thick lei maile does look like a chain of olive leaves, but the name stems from the fact that the fruit resembles olives. As with other members of the Apocynacea family, a milky, slightly sticky sap is associated with the plant, specifically to the fruit, which are initially green and then turn a deep purple or even black. A large football shaped seed can be found within the fruit's pulp. Seeds sprout readily within two to four weeks, starting with a white root and followed by a long, thin shoot. When it reaches two inches high, the first tiny leaves appear. Growth can be initially slow, but accelerates after a couple of months and can even reach up to three feet high within six months. It grows on all islands except Ni`ihau and Kaho`olawe. Maile Uses in Modern Hawai`i: Eia la he`ala, he`ala anuanu, he ala hu`ihu`i, eia la i ka houpo (Here is a fragrance, a cool fragrance, a chilling fragrance that goes to my heart). In Hawai`i, maile leaves are used for decorations and leis, and are especially reserved for important and memorable occasions. Hawaiians have a long tradition of assembling the fragrant maile into lei. The placing of a lei over the head and around the shoulders of a person exemplifies the bestowing of honor and respect to the wearer, and also the spirit of aloha. It is an open-ended, horseshoe-fashion lei made of the spicy-scented green maile stems and leaves. It is known to many as the "Lei of Royalty". To have a lei maile is to be wearing a symbol that tells other people that it's your special day. Lei are fashioned in the Hīpu`u style (tied bundled knots), where leafy vines are loosely arranged on one plane, with each vine length tied in. In a weaving lei maile, the leaves and bark of young vines are first stripped from the central wood of the twig, and then several of the supple plaits are twisted together as lei `a'i (neck lei) or lei po`o (head lei). Lei maile hangs down to the belt line or below and is typically worn by males for weddings, graduation ceremonies, proms, and special family events. Wedding lei maile are a Hawaiian wedding tradition. Maile is also commonly used to drape over a doorway at formal grand opening ceremonies for a new business to bring good luck. In place of cutting the ribbon, there is the untying of the maile. Maile is long lasting and may be dried. The maile lei can also be used for other purposes. Some people dry the lei and use it to scent their drawers and closets. Today, Hawaiians favoring the flower lei, Malihini (Visitors) often misperceive a maile lei as just a "bunch of leaves". For Hawaiians, the Lei Maile has no other equal; to be given a Maile lei is a great honor and a true sign of respect. The maile is a long lasting lei and probably the oldest and most popular material used by the early Hawaiians. Maile of Ancient Hawai`i, Myths, Legends, Chants: To the Ancient Hawaiians, and even today, maile are believed to be sisters with human and plant forms. The highly fragrant leaves were thought to possess supernatural powers and were directly associated with the gods and goddesses of Hawai`i. They were considered minor goddesses of the Hula. Laka, the goddess of the Hula, was invoked as goddess of the maile, which was one of five standard plants offered at her altar during hula dance practices and ceremonies. Different Halau (hula schools) place more items on their Kuahu (altar) than others, but the five plants they all seem to agree upon are halapepe, 'ie'ie, maile, 'ohi'a and palapalai, for the different gods and goddesses who are patrons of the dance. Maile was also considered a peace offering in the field of battle and as a symbol of courtship and love. Its leaves were believed to protect the wearer, bestow good luck, and even possess healing powers. Among other sacred uses, it was used to signify a peace agreement between opposing chiefs. In a Heiau (temple), the chiefs would symbolically intertwine the Maile vine, and completion officially established peace between the two groups. According to Hawaiian tradition, maile was the lei for people of all classes and was worn by ke Ali'i (Royalty) and the Maka`âinana (Commoners) alike. The maile is the most traditional wedding lei, as it was used by Kahuna (Hawaiian priests) in old Hawaii, and even today, to bind the hands of the bride and groom, symbolizing their commitment to each other. It was used to scent kapa cloth, or lau hala (weaved grass) sleeping mats. Ancient Hawaiians soaked their tapa or kapa (bark) cloth and clothes in large wooden bowls to take advantage of the sweet fragrance. Kapa is Hawaiian cloth made from the bark of the wauke tree (paper mulberry). Maile was used to scent kapa, either with leaves, or with the tiny flowers, which carry a faint vanilla scent in small clusters. The plant also was part of a medicinal treatment exclusively for chiefs. It was used in a puholoholo (steam bath) to sweat out an illness called kilikilioe. Maile is often mentioned in chants. When hula dancers, adorned with maile anklets, wished to lift a tabu (taboo), they would chant the Kapu-lifting Prayer: "Oh wildwood bouquet, oh Laka! Hers are the growths that stand here. Suppliants we to Laka. The prayer to Laka has power; The maile of Laka stands to the fore. The maile vine casts now its seeds. Freedom, there's freedom to me, Kahaula--A freedom twofold. Freedom, aye freedom! A tabu profound, a freedom complete. Ye gods are still tabu; We mortals are free." Maile is also mentioned in the Kumulipo (the Hawaiian Chant of Creation) under the 3rd Wa (Section), Verse 413: "Born the male for the narrow stream, the female for the broad stream. Born the Honu living in the sea. Guarded by the Maile Kuhonua (seedling) living on land." The Hawaiian Romance of La`ieikawai: In Hawaiian mythology, maile figures prominently in Ka`ao (Hawaiian romance tales). One of the more well-known stories is the one of La`ieikawai, affectionately known as La`ie, the beautiful princess of rainbows. La`ieikawai and her twin sister La`ielohelohe were born in La`ie, O`ahu. They were separated at birth and hidden away from their chiefly father who had all his daughters killed at birth, because he wanted a first born son. Protected by her sorceress grandmother, Waka, La`ieikawai is hidden in a cave which was only accessed by diving in a pool of water named Waiapuka (disgraced hole). Soon it was well known among others that someone of royalty resided nearby because of the tell-tale rainbow that graced the sky above her cave dwelling. According to Hawaiian legend, she had such great Mana (divine energy) that a rainbow followed her wherever she went. To avoid attention, her grandmother secretly tries to smuggle her to Paliuli, Puna, on Hawai`i island to be raised. La`ieikawai is taken to a secret forest clearing where Waka surrounds her with a wise and gentle protectress in a fine mist to guard her maidenhood until she is ready to marry a man of highest royalty. At her home in Paliuli, La`ieikawai was attended by supernatural bird guardians, such as the `i`iwi polena, who watched over her. It was said she could float on the wings of the birds. While other royalty in Hawai`i had mere feather capes and cloaks, Paliuli had a house made of sacred feathers. She is raised as a supernatural being while she lives in a house thatched with the rare golden feathers of the O'o birds watching over the `Aina (sacred land). Others begin to hear of her beauty and the rumors traveled all throughout the islands. As mythical time passes, `Aiwohikupua, a chief from the island of Kaua`i hears of the rumors and decides he would pursue her. Found, she is wooed by `Aiwohikupua, who, upon realizing her higher rank as an Ali`i (royalty), returns to Kaua`i and fetches his four sisters, commonly known as “The Maile Sisters”, to help him win her hand. The Maile sisters appear elsewhere in myth and legend and are considered important to hula as well. Maile, sweetly perfumed, has many siblings, with different shaped leaves and traditions. The sisters' names are those given to the five varieties of maile based on leaf size and shape. Mailelauli'i has narrow pointed leaves and means, literally, small leaf maile or “greedy maile". Maileha`iwale, has small rounded fragile leaves, and means "brittle maile". Mailelaunui has large leaves and means big-leafed maile or "luxuriant maile". Mailepakaha has blunt rounded leaves and is thought to mean "proud maile", and Mailekaluhea is the most fragrant of them all, reflected in the meaning "sweetly scented maile". Each of them is sent in turn, sending out their fragrance. Maileha`iwale, as the eldest of the girls, goes first followed by Mailekaluhea, Mailelauli'i and finally Mailepakaha. La`ieikawai rejects them all and in a rage at their failure, `Aiwohikupua abandons his sisters in the forest to their own fates. Remaining with them is Kahalaomapuana, sometimes referred to as Mailelaunui. She is the youngest, and the only sister `Aiwohikupua did not give a chance to try and woo La`ieikawai to him. She succeeds where her older sisters did not and the five declare themselves to be La`iekawai’s constant companions and sisters until such time as she dismisses them. They become associated with her. Later, another supernatural woman, Mali`o, attempts to trick La`iekawai out of the chiefly husband Waka had chosen for her and replaces the man with her own brother. Mali`o, is renowned for entertaining with music and for her ability in love magic. Again, Mailelaunui saves the day by discovering the evil plot and wins favor for her 'sister' by arranging for her to marry Ka`onohiokala and to live as a goddess. Ka`onohiokala was the ancient god of the sun whose unfaithfulness to his wife La`ieikawai, was punished and transformed into a wandering spirit. He was banished from his home in the heavens. La`ieikawai was consequently transformed into Ka Wahine o ka Li'ula (The goddess of Twilight) and she joined her twin sister, La`ielohelohe, to rule over the islands until their deaths. Wherever maile is found in the mountains and forests of the Hawaiian Islands, is believed to be where the maile sisters wandered. It is said that the subtle pervasive scent of maile precedes the arrival of any of the five sisters, and lingers long after they have gone Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of These Pendants are Hand-Cut and Hand-Engraved, Each One is Unique to the Next; There are Subtle Variations in the Engraving's Cuts and Outline Appearances, Which are Approximately Represented in the Item's Picture. The Item's Picture Provides All the Main Appearance Characteristics That is Provided in Each Pendant Purchased. Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Hawaiian Jewelry. Stamped .925 for Assurance Mark of Sterling Silver Purity. Hand-Engraved with "aloha".Certain High-Value Items Will Have Required Shipping Insurance to Protect Your Order’s Cost Value Against Shipping That is Lost, Stolen or Damaged by Others and Will Already Be Included in the FLAT Rate Shipping Cost. 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